Manager Zhou's monthly salary is twenty taels of silver per month, plus the dividends from the fried chicken shop, which is 2% of the monthly net profit.
Last year, I got a total of more than 400 taels of silver, which was actually very rich.
Even if he was in the Wen family before, it was nothing more than this in its heyday.
The young master can give so much because, firstly, he values his ability, and secondly, he is grateful for his defection when he is in decline.
After everything was arranged, Su Yizhao began to think about the previous audit.
She was not in a hurry, but kept talking.
"I heard that the price of grain collected by grain stores has fallen again and again this year, making people's lives even more difficult. Even if there is no drought, those grain stores are still keeping prices down too hard."
Manager Zhou also frowned and sighed when he heard this, "Yes! Since last year, the price of food sold by the people has been falling. However, the rice and noodles sold by the food bank have not fluctuated much."
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel glad for his original decision. If he hadn't gone to the young master, life for him and his family would have been difficult in the past few years.
"If the imperial court hadn't taken action to suppress it, I'm afraid these people would be even more arrogant. It's a pity that the granary is only a little fuller than the previous two years, and those people will become monsters." Manager Zhou said helplessly and angrily.
"Yes! When the end of the year comes, the price of food will increase again." Su Yizhao nodded.
"Isn't that right? It's not just the food that has gone up, everything has gone up. It's just that everyone has some spare money and is willing to spend it during the New Year!" Manager Zhou shook his head.
"Yeah! Even the medicinal materials have increased a lot!" Su Yizhao sighed and continued.
Manager Zhou's heart moved, and his eyes narrowed slightly, "The medicinal materials have indeed increased a lot, and wolfberry is the first to bear the brunt."
Su Yizhao hummed noncommittally, then picked up the tea bowl.
Manager Zhou raised his eyes and saw that Su Yizhao's expression was as usual, but his heart was beating.
Shopkeeper Wang is really capable! While he was busy preparing for the makeup store, he found someone to fool him like this?
He had previously spoken to the senior attendant of Mr. Qian, the drug dealer, and after talking to him, he learned that the price was exactly the same as what was recorded in the account book, so he did not check it again.
That entourage must have been bribed by Shopkeeper Wang.
Manager Zhou only felt that his old face was burning. The young master trusted him so much and praised him so much just out of respect for him. However, he gradually lost his sense of normalcy and thought highly of himself.
In the final analysis, it was because the young master's business had just begun, so he looked down upon him a little.
Thinking of his original intention, he couldn't help but feel ashamed.
"Previously, shopkeeper Wang asked me to report to the young master that he often feels tired. It seems that his body and bones are not healthy, so he wants to rest for a while. Do you think?"
Manager Zhou cautiously raised his head and glanced at Su Yizhao, only to see Su Yizhao's face full of surprise.
"So it turns out that Shopkeeper Wang has a hidden problem? You really shouldn't work too hard. You can handle these things yourself! However, Wansu Pavilion still has to choose a temporary shopkeeper."
Su Yizhao's move can be said to kill three birds with one stone. It depends on whether Manager Zhou understands what she means.
"Yes!" Manager Zhou became more and more careful. He didn't say he had taken the job, but found someone else to take over temporarily.
This is to make two people fight, and the young master will benefit from it!
When Manager Zhou came out of the yard, a gust of cold wind blew, making him shiver from the cold.
Only then did he realize that his back was already wet.
He shook his head and smiled bitterly. The young master is young, but the city is very deep.
The beating he received today was entirely his own fault, so it saved him some face.
When he opened the red envelope given to him by the young master, he was surprised to find that it was a silver note worth one hundred taels.
Looking at the other unsealed red envelope, Manager Zhou opened it without any hesitation. The silver note read fifty taels.
Since you are allowed to wear a red seal but not sealed, you are deliberately showing it to yourself.
Manager Zhou felt guilty because of Su Yizhao's trust and respect for him.
He climbed onto the carriage and repeatedly told the driver to rush to Wansu Pavilion immediately.
The 29th day of the twelfth lunar month is Little New Year's Eve, and the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month is the reunion night. It is a custom since ancient times to have a reunion dinner on the reunion night.
It's just that the Su family has many direct in-laws, and they have to stay at their respective homes for reunions on New Year's Eve. Therefore, five banquets were set up in advance on New Year's Eve to entertain the married aunt.
Of course, those who are far away cannot get together.
Mr. Su looked at the flower hall full of children and grandchildren. At this festive moment, his normally stern face could not help but be filled with smiles.
"Today is New Year's Eve. My aunt and uncle who married outside have returned home for reunion. Our Su family is barely complete today."
As the old man spoke, he glanced at his grandson-in-law Jiang Lianzhi, who was sitting at the main table with him, and couldn't help but nodded.
Then his eyes fell on the second child again, but his expression was slightly startled.
Su Yizhao's eyes also fell on one of the men at the main table. This man was wearing a Chu-colored floral brocade round-neck robe. His face was fair, but he had some vicissitudes of life, but his eyes were very clear.
At this moment, his short goatee trembled slightly, as if he was muttering something.
This person is the mysterious second master, Su Wenjing, who Su Yizhao came to the Su family for more than two years and met for the first time two days ago.
In the first year that Su Yizhao came here, at the family banquet, the main table was talking about Su Wenjing's term ending at the end of the year, and he didn't know if there would be a transfer.
It's a pity that two years ago, Su Wenjing was retained as the magistrate of Wenshan County in Changbei Prefecture. I heard that Shangfeng gave him a medium rating.
Su Yizhao has been here for more than two years and naturally knows a lot about officialdom.
That year, there was a locust plague in Wenshan County. The people were starved of food and fled to the nearby state capital.
Such a natural disaster was naturally not caused by manpower, but as the magistrate of Wenshan County, he had no shirking responsibility. It was absolutely impossible to be promoted. It would be extremely merciful not to be demoted to exile, or even to take off his official hat.
Wenshan County is a place of bitter cold. Su Wenjing must have thought carefully about it when he asked to work here.
If his performance is average, it's all because of Su's face, otherwise he wouldn't have let it go so easily.
It can only be said that Su Wenjing is unlucky, and no one can blame him.
However, Su Wenjing was not without merit. After the disaster, Su Wenjing made great efforts to resettle the people and replant food. The merits and demerits were balanced, and this was the main reason why he could stay in office.
However, what no one expected was that two years later, a few days ago, Su Wenjing received a transfer order from the officials.
Su Wenjing was promoted from the magistrate of Wenshan County, Changbei Prefecture, to one level, and transferred to Wushui County, Linhang Prefecture, as county magistrate.
Although he is still the magistrate of the county, he is promoted from the sixth rank. Doesn't this mean he has been promoted one level?
If you want to ask why the magistrate of Wushui County has a higher official position despite being a county magistrate, then we have to talk about Linhang Prefecture.
Linhang Prefecture is the most prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River. The grain produced here can be said to be twice that of the north.
Although Wushui County is only a county town, Linhang Prefecture is a superior prefecture, and Wushui County is much larger than the average small county town, and it is also the most abundant grain-producing place in Linhang Prefecture.